9 ing a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, convincing, relaxing,

verbs ( he had crossed the river), and of exlplained, ordained, participial adjectives indicating a condition or redefined, explored, quality resulting from the action of the verb emaciated, captivated

14 ness the state of the original adjective. hungriness, hopefulness,

15 ism used to form action nouns from verbs optimism, criticism,

16 ist a suffix of nouns, often corresponding to verbs dramatist, novelist, realist,

ending in -ize or nouns ending in -ism, that baptist, artist, socialist, denote a person who practices or is concerned with something, or holds certain principles, doctrines

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17 er, or a suffix used in forming nouns designating icelander, southerner,

persons from the object of their occupation or villager, six-footer, labor or from their place of origin or abode or manager, publisher, designating either persons or things from some Gladiator, translator, special characteristic or circumstance imposter, narrator, solicitor,

19 en suffix added to nouns to produce golden, oaken, bedriden,

20 ish a suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, British, mulish, babyish, with the sense of belonging to, after the bookish, freakish, fiftyish, manner of, having the characteristics of, childish, snobbish, like, addicted to, inclined or tending to, near or about

21 less an adjective suffix meaning without, and in childless, peerless,

adjectives derived from verbs, indicating resistless, tireless, failure or inability to perform or be performed meaningless, helpless, aimless, shameless